The eleven tracks that comprise Marika’s “Rain Stories” feature a variety of solo offerings and chamber compositions with standout guest performances by oboist Miri Kudo, cellists Jacques Lee Wood and Sassan Haghighi as well as Steve Chieh-Wei Chiu who performs Erhu on “Koyo”, a track inspired by the autumn leaves in Kyoto.  More

While some bands merely rock, The Street & Babe Shadow really roll.  They rumble, sway, stagger, strut, stroll, and sometimes, they may even strum a dreamy waltz or two.  This collection of talented artists is not merely a rock band.  They’re more like bar room balladeers.  More

Alpine Decline, a duo that originated in Los Angeles, consists of Jonathan Zeitlin (vocals, guitars) and Pauline Mu (drums, percussion).  More

Bobby Rodriguez and Joey Valdepena first met, briefly, in New York in the late ‘90s to later reconnect and form Fiction Company in Los Angeles a few years later.  More

World-class entertainer Rick Monroe brings his music and a magnetic presence wherever he goes.  With a down-to-earth Country resonance, Rick is no stranger to the stage: he’s performed in 17 countries – and every U.S. state except for Oregon.  More

Hear Robyn Miller sing, and it’s clear she has country in her heart and something wild in her veins. It’s there in the tender folk ballads and the free-spirited rockers on her debut full-length, “Willow Creek,” which she wrote and recorded as Big Eagle.  More

There aren't many American singers possessed of a fine country twang who are actually from the Deep South, but such is the case for the talented Paula Frazer, who far from being any sort of clone also brings the same wide range of influences to bear on her own work, from punk and blues to cabaret and gospel, for her own striking musical visions.  More